#BCB933#BCB933

#BCB933 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.149 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB933
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 51)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.30, -14.38, 64.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.30, 65.63, 102.66°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% -0.0463 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.149 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.6870, 45.6296, 9.9008)
Luminance	0.4563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB933 #3336BC

analogous

#BC7533 #BCB933 #7BBC33

triadic

#BCB933 #33BCB9 #B933BC

tetradic

#BCB933 #33BC75 #3336BC #BC337B

square

#BCB933 #33BC75 #3336BC #BC337B

split-complementary

#BCB933 #337BBC #7533BC

monochromatic

#5C5A19 #8C8A26 #BCB933 #D2D05A #DFDD8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BCB933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#BCB933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB933

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB933	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B119

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB63D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.149 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cd74',
    500: '#bcb933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb933;
$custom-light: #d4cd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.686,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76493,
    "c": 0.14861,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB933

secondary

#8183C9

accent

#4BE147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB933

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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